after an extended hiatus former President Barack Obama has returned to the spy life holding his first local rally on Friday night in Philadelphia as Democratic Pennsylvania gov Tom Wolfe and Sen Bob Casey deepa both fight for re-election in 2018 the former president pulled no punches on the stump criticizing the divisive rhetoric of President Donald Trump and noting that the economy began improving under Obama’s watch Obama highlighted the improved numbers toward the end of his presidency and told the crowd they act like it just started please I watched the video below by the time we were done wages were up the uninsured raid was down so when you hear right now folks taking credit for this economic miracle it’s like hold up hold up they act like it just started please Prez Lama says at rally HTTP colon slash slash T dot CEO slash coxton EE pic twitter.com slash 6wa sok 7-1 CBS news at CBS News September 21st 2018 it was immediately clear that Obama’s absence from the world of teleprompters and crowds hasn’t been his ability to light up a room he began his speech by noting that he hasn’t been to Philly since the Eagles won the Superbowl I know you’re feeling good but I came here to deliver a very simple message and that is to vote he said later in the speech he criticized the nationalist bits of rhetoric coming out of the White House you don’t have to be a Democrat or a Republican to say that we do not target people based on how they look how they pray what their last name is what their sexual orientation is Obama said watch the video below Obama you don’t have to be a Democrat or a Republican to say that if we do not target people based on how they look how they pray what their last name is what their sexual orientation is how hard is it to treat people fairly you’re supposed to learn that in the sandbox picked at twitter.com slash s1a vidi vici 2fq CBS news at CBS News September 21st 2018 this wasn t the first time that Obama has criticized the White House’s treatment of groups of people during his first appearance in early September he asked a crow how hard can that be saying that Nazis are bed